On CoinDesk, Daniel Cawrey recently wrote:
Io9 has a feature on an interesting and developing legal field: the tort liability associated with injuries to person and property caused by autonomous robots. This would have been a fanciful discussion just a few years ago, but as the article points out the real-world implications are already upon us:
Lin pointed to the example of home defense robots that are being increasingly used in Asia — including robots that go on home patrol and can shoot pepper spray and paint-ball guns.
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“The King to the sheriff, greetings. I command you that, without delay, you give possession to X of [description of land], concerning which there was a suit between him and Y in my court; because such land is adjudged to him in my court by battle.”
-Standard instruction from a 13th-century English court to the county sheriff, reporting the outcome of a trial by combat.
BetaBeat (and other outlets) are reporting that Hong Kong-based venture capital firm Deep Knowledge Ventures has named a computer program to its Board of Directors. The AI, known as VITAL (Validating Investment Tool for Advancing Life Sciences), was launched by
In ATP Tour, Inc. v. Deutscher Tennis Bund,[1] the Delaware Supreme Court addressed certified questions of law from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.[2] The case involved a Delaware nonstock corporation whose amended bylaws contained the following provision:
Stephen Landsburg has an economic and legal analysis of the pros and cons of homeownership versus rent.
Of particular interest is this point: